Shade bracket and curtain attachment



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M. M. LARSEN SHADE BRACKET AND CURTAIN ATTACHMENT Filegl Nov. 22, 1923 Patented Dec. 22, 1925. UNITED STATES SHADE BRACKET AND PATENT OFFICE.

COLTON, CALIFORNIA.

CURTAIN ATTACHMENT.

Application filed November 22, 1923. Serial No. 676,317.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MADS M. .LARSEN,' a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Colton, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shade Brackets and Curtain Attachments, of which the followin is a specification.

My present invention being referred to as a shade bracket and curtain attachment, it may be understood that it is an object of this invention to provide simple and effeca preferred embodiment of my invention, the mentioned single screw may be adapted tive means for the support of a shade bracket, the supporting means referred to being preferably of such character as to permit the optional attachment thereto of a curtain rod, the entire supporting organization referred to being preferably such as to permit of an adjustment of one or both of a pair of shade brackets, to adapt the same to the predetermined length of a shade roller, wlthout necessitating any change in the position of a primary supporting element which may be secured to a wall, or to a window jamb, or to a; window frame, or to any other suitable fixed or movable'vertical or inclined surface. ,It is a'further object of this invention to provide a shade support requiring thejinsertion of but a single screw at or near each end of a window shade or a curtain rod; and,,1n

to support both a shade-engaging bracket and a curtain rod, both the shade bracket support secured to a wall, or the like.

and'the curtain rod being moreover independently adjustable relatively to apr1maryv It is a further object of this invention to provide a shade support which may consist essentiallyof a wall element comprising an upright stud and a removable shade bracket comprising a sleeve or sleeves adapted to extend oversaid stud; and, in a preferredembodiment of my invention, the mentioned stud and the sleeve adapted to interfit therewith may both be non-circular in cross section, one advantageous embodiment of my invention comprising a wall element com prising a body having a nick atone end and at its opposite end a flat faceor shoulder from which extends a threaded element. adapted to enter a wall, or the like, the said body. being provided also with a squared stud extending substantially at right angles to the mentioned threaded element. and

adapted to interfit with any oneof a plural- Other objects of ity of sleeves which may be integral with a shade-engaging bracket, the said sleeves belng preferably arranged in a linear series extendlng substantially at right angles to said bracket, 1n such manner that any one of the mentioned sleeves may be fitted over the, de-

scribed stud'and retained thereon by grav1ty.

It is a further, object of this invention to iassociate with the described shade-supportng elements a curtain rod whichmay-consist essentially of interfitting elements sleeived fi e P V Q a 01" near the? en l quared or other non circular studs projecting downwardly 'andadapted to interfitrwith any one of the mentioned sleeves of a shade supporting bracket of my ing such as to permit of the support of a shade or a curtain, or. both a shade and a curta n, from a single pair of studs each innovel design, ,the construction referred to betegral with a single screw, the screws constituting a pa r and being arranged either in" accompanying drawings, in which I Flgure 1 1s a perspect ve view showing my secured to a single substantially vertical surface. v q if Fig. 2 1s a top plan view of the supporting invention will appear 7 novel shade brackets and curtain attachment i elements shown in Figure 1, with" parts broken away. to indicate rod sections sleeved together in a known manner. and to show primary wall engaging supports retained by threaded means.

, Fig. 3 is anelevational view substantially on the line '33 of Figure 2. p Fig. 4 is a detail view showing in perspective a preferred form of primary supporting or wall element suitable for use in connection with a shade bracket of theggeneral character shown in Figure 5.

Figs. 5 and 6 are, respectively, perspective views of a pair of brackets suitable for use at opposite ends of a shade roller.

Fig. 7 is a perspective detail view'ofa 2. In a shade support, a wall element comprising an upstanding square stud adapted to interfit with a shade engaging element vertically slidable thereon, and a shade-em gaging element slidably mounted thereon and comprising a sleeve adapted selectively to interfit with said stud, said shade-engaging element being provided with a plurality of square sleeves arranged in a linear series and adapted to interfit either with a stud upon a primary support or with a depending stud upon a curtain rod.

3. In a shade support, means for supporting one end of the shade directly above a single screw, said supporting means comprising a body provided with a nick at one end and with a screw thread at the other and a squared stud extending at right angles from said body.

4. In a shade support, a wall element consisting of a body threaded at one end and provi ed with an upstanding non-circular stud, and a shade engaging element comprising a bracket having a plurality of correspondingly non-circular sleeves adapted selectively to fit over said stud, said sleeves being adapted to interfit with said stud in either of two positions substantially at right angles to one another.

5. In a shade support, a wall element consisting of a body threaded at one end and provided with an upstanding non-circular stud, and a shade engaging element 'comprising a bracket integral with a plurality of correspondingly non-circular sleeves adapted selectively to fit over said stud, said sleeves 7 being adapted to interfit with said stud in either of two positions substantially at right angles to one another, and said sleeves being arranged in a linear series.

6. In a shade support, a wall elementconsisting of a body threaded at one end and provided with an upstanding non-circular stud, and a shade engaging element com- 7. In a shade support, a means for supi porting each end of a shade roller from a single screw by a means comprising a squared upstanding stud, a shade engaging bracket provided with means for supporting a curtain rod and comprising a series of sleeves for selective reception of said stud, permitting independent adjustment either of said bracket or of said curtain rod.

8. In a curtain support the combination of a longitudinal adjustable rod terminating in a downwardly projecting stud, a shade bracket provided with a series of vertical sleeves for selectively receiving said stud and a wall member having an upwardly projecting stud, angular in cross section, to fit selectively into one of said sleeves in non rotative relation thereto.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

MADS M. LARSEN. 

